Dino Hunters

Question 1

Richard Owen

Answer 1

1824, coined the term Dinosauria from Greek

deinos (terrible) sauros (lizard)

Question 2

First Scientific Studies?

Answer 2

1804, in Sussex, England

includes discovery of Iguanodon bones and teeth

Question 3

Joseph Leidy

Answer 3

1823 - 1891

founder of vertebrae paleontology in the US

examined partial skeleton in 1858, realized it was similar to Britain’s Iguanodon

named it Hadrosaurus foulkii

Question 4

Hadrosaurus foukii

Answer 4

named by Joseph Leidy

nearly complete rib bones, facultative biped

first mounted dino skeleton to be put display

Question 5

“Great Dino Rush”

Answer 5

more discovery of dinosaurs in 1870 - 1900

general excitement built by Hadrosaurus foulkii

Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh

Question 6

Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh

Answer 6

rivals during the great dino rush (bone wars lol)

paid collectors to bring back as many fossils as possible from locations such as Como Bluff, Wyoming

Question 7

Como Bluff discoveries

Answer 7

stegosaurus

brontosaurus (Apatosaurus)

diplodocus

camaracaurus

allosaurus

Question 8

More on Charles Marsh

Answer 8

published many accurate reconstructions of dino skeletons

one of his collectors discovered discovered one site in Wyoming with more than 50 Triceratops skulls and skeletions

proposed comprehensive classification of dinos in 1882
ornithopoda, stegosauria, theropoda, sauropoda

Question 9

Charles Hazelius Sternberg & Barnum Brown

Answer 9

1850 - 1943
1873 - 1969

collected freelance for museums, funded by American Museum of Natural History

collected more dinosaurs in history

discovered ankylosaurs and ceratopsians

Question 10

Roy Chapman Andrews

Answer 10

Traveled to the GobiDesert of China and Mongolia in the 1920s and 30s

team trying to find humanoid fossils

discovered bed of cretaceous dinos like protoceratops, oviraptor, and velociraptor

Question 11

Robert Bakker

Answer 11

led dino renaissance, changed how scientists viewed dinos

warm-blooded dinos were more active and bird-like in biology and behaviour

(no longer saw dinos as dim-witted and ponderous)

Question 12

Growth of Dino Science

Answer 12

discovery of dino feathers

CT scans and X-rays

melanosomes (structures that store pigments in cells and tissues) preserved in scales of some dinos